by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Laughing Evolution. Flickr, Petras Gagilas You’ve probably read about it from another source, but sometimes I have to see things many times before I follow up, so I’m just making sure! Many librarians in IFLS-Land participated in a whole series of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 10, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
I think most all of us would agree that it is crucial to share books with kids that reflect the diversity of our world. Even when we live in mostly homogeneous areas, it is vitally important to share books and materials that offer positive and regular images of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Cardboard. Cats optional.The other day Kim, the youth services librarian in Clear Lake, and I were chatting about programs using cardboard to build cool things. I was reminded of Caine’s Arcade, a charming film about a kid who made a whole arcade out...
by Leah Langby | Feb 1, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Learning new things is exciting, and it is even more exciting when you know those things will help you provide better service to the folks in your community. And when you can get to do it for free? Even better! Check out the following opportunity:As...
by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Jerissa Koenig for this guest post!The Amery Area Public Library installed two new learning spaces in the children’s room in January, 2017. The first is the Baby/Toddler Zone, which includes a playful area rug, seating for adults, and a shelving unit that...
by Leah Langby | Jan 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center announced the Charlotte Zolotow Book Awards today, recognizing picture books with distinguished writing:Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award for Freedom in Congo Square (illustrated by...
by Leah Langby | Jan 19, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Samantha Carpenter for this guest post:Mr. Potato Head has been a very popular magnet board activity at LEPMPL the past two months! Every time I walk by, he looks different. There’s something about this particular configuration . . . that accurately reflects...
by Leah Langby | Jan 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Don’t forget to check out the following sessions at the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! There are many others that would be of use to a general audience, but these Wednesday sessions may be of particular interest to librarians serving youth!Wednesday...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
At our Summer Library Program workshop, one of the groups that librarians felt they had a hard time reaching is tweens (3rd-7th graders or so). I found a few good resources for people who are feeling like this is a gap for them:Five Lessons in Tween...
by Leah Langby | Jan 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter at LEPMPL for this guest post! Those of you who came to the Sure-fire Teen Programs presentation at the SLP workshop in November might remember Ashley Bieber, the teen coordinator at LEPMPL, talking about an upcoming Escape the Room program....
by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The final big trend to discuss from the SLP workshop responses to making the Summer Library Program easier: Simplification.Several people talked about looking at programs and simplifying them. Many talked about looking at record-keeping and simplifying it....
by Leah Langby | Dec 14, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
We need to spread the word that the earliest weeks matter!Many thanks to Saroj Ghoting, Early Literacy Consultant (and popular workshop presenter) for pointing out the interesting results of a Zero to Three parent survey. Major points are summarized here, and...
